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Category Archives: Energy Policy & Politicians
President George W. Bush energy policy & hurricane Katrina
Preface. After Hurricane Katrina damaged oil and gas infrastructure, oil prices shot up. Below are excerpts from news stories in 2005 when President Bush, an oilman, openly discussed the U.S. energy dependence.
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Hurricanes, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged energy, energy policy, hurricane, oil, President Bush
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The French Energy Sobriety Plan
Preface. Below is the announcement of the French Energy Sobriety Plan by Prime Minister Borne. The energy crisis is coming to all nations, and we should all be implementing their action plan (and family planning, birth control, abortion, limited immigration). … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Government on what to do, Oil Shocks
Tagged energy conservation, energy sobriety plan, France, Russia, Ukraine, what to do
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Australian Senate hearings on Peak Oil & Transportation 2006
Preface. This post has a summary of two of the nine senate hearings on Peak Oil in Australia in 2006. Someday historians may want to know which politicians knew about the energy crisis and when they knew it, probably to … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, GOVERNMENT, Transportation
Tagged Australia, biofuel, government, hydrogen, LNG, peak oil
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Australian government was Peak Oil Aware in 2006
Preface. This post is excerpts from Bakhtiari’s testimony about Peak Oil before the Australian Senate Committee in 2006. I’ve excerpted what I found of interest, so if it seems disjointed, that’s my fault. And it isn’t just the Australian Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, GOVERNMENT, Other Experts
Tagged Australia, Bakhtiari, government, peak oil
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Richard Heinberg: Energy and Authoritarianism
Preface. Heinberg wrote this a year ago. Brilliant and well structured, he conveys as much in this article as many books, and consolidates what must be many years of research. But Heinberg is not the only one to wonder if … Continue reading
Posted in Collapsed & collapsing nations, Energy Policy & Politicians, Richard Heinberg
Tagged Authoritarian, democracy, Dictator, heinberg
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Former President Bill Clinton on Peak Oil, Peak Soil, and other depleting resources
Former President Bill Clinton. May 4, 2007. The Looming Crisis; Can We Act in Time? Harvard Kennedy School. Excerpts from Keynote Address by Former President William Jefferson Clinton Kennedy School Spring Conference – Cambridge, MA I think it is highly … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Peak Oil, Peak Topsoil
Tagged peak oil, President Clinton, resource depletion
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House Representative Stewart Udall (Arizona) 2005 Time to discard 50 years of energy myths
Stewart Udall and Matthew R. Simmons. Nov 20, 2005. Time to discard fifty years of energy myths. Arizona Daily Star. Stewart Udall was elected to Congress more than 50 years ago, and served as secretary of the Interior during a … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Government on what to do
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Former President Carter on U.S. energy security & policy now and in the past
[Former President Carter and General Wald both say the American public need to be better informed about the energy crisis to motivate them to stop buying gas-guzzling vehicles, since that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Record U.S., Dependence on Oil, Energy Policy & Politicians, President Jimmy Carter
Tagged energy crisis, energy security, history, jimmy carter
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President Carter’s energy solutions 1977
This speech is one of the reasons he wasn’t elected. Reagan’s “Morning in America” happy talk was far more appealing. Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on April 18, 1977. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_energy.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPePpMxJaA (1977) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlRVy7oZ58 (1979, bad audio) Tonight I want … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, Expert Advice, President Jimmy Carter
Tagged America, energy, jimmy carter, oil, president
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